August 2010 - Page 3 of 3 - Semiconductor Engineering


Experts At The Table: The Trouble With Corners


By Ed Sperling Low-Power Engineering sat down to discuss corners with PV Srinivas, senior director of engineering at Mentor Graphics; Dipesh Patel, vice president of engineering for physical IP at ARM; Lisa Minwell, director of technical marketing at Virage Logic; and Jim McCanny, CEO of Altos Design Automation. What follows are excerpts of that conversation. LPE: Corners appears to be get... » read more

iPhone Has The Power Blues


Why do some apps on the iPhone seem to draw more on the battery than others? Is it a matter of power-aware software applications, or is it a hardware issue? Maybe it is a combination of both. I suspect it is due to the intricacies of hardware/software design and verification. I’ve been mulling this over while researching my two articles for this month’s issue of Low-Power Engineering... » read more

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